終南捷徑

1. • lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom)
2. • fig. shortcut to a high-flying career easy route to success (an allusion to the Tang Dynasty story of 卢藏用 lúcàngyòng, who lived like a hermit on Mt. Zhongnan in order to gain a reputation for wisdom, which he then used to gain a position in the Imperial Court)

Character by character

• 終(zhōng)end
• 南(nán)surname Nan
• 捷(jié)quick
• 徑(jìng)footpath